New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-27
MORE ROOM TO TEACH TIE BOYS IN .


FRANCIS XAVIER-wHAT 1T WILL CONTAIN.
An army worklnemcn have been swarmlng IKE oee.
N and around part of West SiNeen'hst sou'he" "
sixhaye since last october and in two months or 50 tho
scarding and rubbish will be removed that now niue he
,aslt NJ their lan,ihc honey, spcak-and another
beautiful building be added 10 this city, Behind this
huge and, as yet undeveloped structure is te "ofIu
that +, responsible all this hanmering and pounding
that have been going for the past year IL Is inc
College Of ST. Frones Xavier and 1t wants more room ioi
tts increasing work and taking this practical way OF
letting its many friends know it, 1t is rather curious
coincidence that college should have started In OCTOBER
10 enlarge its usefulness in credabe architectural man
ncr for it was in that forty years ago. that the
college opened in modcst manner uo"" 'o"" III ~
bethst
1t soon showed that it had 10 stay, and in lool
received a collegiate charter 1t was finally esido'heu
ats present location and has steadily grown ever since
Now the college la, including lis preparatory p'pS
hundred and seventy students. lacuS VI '"'N'
members and collection Of four buildings the new one
making NTH all OF which are e\celeniy equipped III an
respects necessary systematic and broad educdh io
Catholics. building was necessary Ihefe were
no two ways about IL, and much a. the fa'"eIs
loved their old landmarks they resolved 10 clear away
space enough I'm SiNtccnthst for building that "ouu
meet their from practical as well a. ">thec Po
OF view
The front Of the building facing sNteenhsr, is just
now receiving it, finishing touches. skilled WORKING
men are rubbing down and polishing OF the Indiana lime
stone front, process viii Of course greatly enhance
buildings appearance but even no" the general ehe'
fully jusnes the remarks Of two French visitors "ho
after being with the OF telegraph wires ana dis
gus,ed with the inconguilics Of American architecture
remarked on seeing cdihcc: Here i taste for you
The building has OF hundred and eightysN
feet and about feet high having four stories
and basement Its measurements show that II i iuilS
large occupy The once covered by the COZ
lees old replaced by the one Lately erected
ana college building used for general purposes ana It's
apperncc demonstrates that IL easily SURPRISES Whatever
architectural beauty the old buildings that 1t replaces
possessed.
II is made OF Indiana limestone and the shade, light
crav lends strength color 10 the classical design OF the
architecture. Two and artistic bags, al either
end run from ground 10 the top Of the fourth floor
and are ,urmOunicd with balconies The first bay at 'he
ef. comes square the top Of the second hoOi' oi"
ing an cagon al the top of the fourth hoOr. Zach bay
ha, SIX small columns large columns up the cen
ra front Al night, to the bay ON that side Oi The
building is handsome corridor, projecting ten Or t"ee
feet say thirty feet long extending TO the top Of the
first a.or with tasteful halu ra1e over al handsome
lalu,rsde trims front in elective manner The
main entrance will have Clalolatc stone soop, ana over
its massl We arch bearing the colleges
inscription At the right Of the corridor Is s'c"hu
entrances an easy for visitor reader TO gain The
lecture room. 70 be used also entertainment room and
theatre.
The visitor VIII ind there commOdous h1 with
seating capacity for 1000. extends from the base
nent up second floor, being hfycisht feet square
and having a gallery three sides The rest Of the
space Of the first floor is paruoncd or into looms to
be used reception puloIs The second Moon
will be given up to general class No'"'
also having library. lecture and lalorotor",
which, by the way are 10 BE- found all te thIc" upper
noor, some of the this floor viii b. used by
the professors ami instruct residences bat the thld
o. fourth floor VIII be mainly devoted TO that puIIo"
There are about ffty in all.